Highest Paying Jobs in Delaware

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary — Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$442,120

Dermatologists

Top 25 Average

$197,289

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

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Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Delaware by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Dermatologists pays a state median of $442,120, +34% above the national median of $328,730 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 92 pay above $100,000 per year in Delaware — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $252,654, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 81 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Delaware, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Delaware is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Delaware, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$442,120	$328,730	+34% above	40
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$324,080	$292,910	+11% above	190
3	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$297,470	$265,930	+12% above	1,370
4	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$279,410	$281,870	1% below	100
5	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$228,000	$244,180	7% below	640
6	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$219,190	$210,040	+4% above	180
7	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$199,990	$213,990	7% below	390
8	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$181,580	$166,570	+9% above	2,810
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$181,190	$171,270	+6% above	560
10	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$173,510	$159,670	+9% above	2,920
11	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$172,340	$133,000	+30% above	70
12	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$170,560	$160,300	+6% above	60
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$168,500	$175,140	4% below	2,140
14	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$168,060	$141,900	+18% above	1,280
15	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$167,200	$124,900	+34% above	80
16	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$166,070	$149,230	+11% above	50
17	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$163,600	$123,220	+33% above	220
18	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$161,270	$136,570	+18% above	190
19	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$159,120	$124,720	+28% above	70
20	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$153,890	$149,280	+3% above	580
21	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$153,010	$146,910	+4% above	170
22	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$153,000	$126,060	+21% above	370
23	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$152,880	$140,910	+8% above	790
24	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$148,390	$134,050	+11% above	760
25	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$147,800	$139,500	+6% above	N/A
26	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$145,000	$107,230	+35% above	310
27	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$139,910	$114,130	+23% above	720
28	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$139,440	$117,330	+19% above	1,160
29	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$139,350	$135,880	+3% above	860
30	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$137,470	$116,580	+18% above	860
31	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$137,220	$105,770	+30% above	5,000
32	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$137,030	$129,180	+6% above	720
33	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$135,690	$161,740	16% below	30
34	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$134,820	$123,860	+9% above	1,560
35	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$133,670	$125,040	+7% above	370
36	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$133,020	$135,980	2% below	3,380
37	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$132,710	$105,870	+25% above	1,100
38	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$132,150	$114,990	+15% above	610
39	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$131,750	$125,470	+5% above	120
40	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$131,340	$153,990	15% below	120
41	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$131,320	$112,860	+16% above	40
42	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$131,080	$106,040	+24% above	410
43	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,040	$132,300	1% below	1,430
44	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$130,730	$109,270	+20% above	210
45	Business Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$130,370	$99,080	+32% above	280
46	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$129,860	$91,240	+42% above	1,200
47	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$129,260	$106,660	+21% above	240
48	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$128,570	$104,590	+23% above	360
49	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$127,510	$134,040	5% below	N/A
50	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$126,970	$120,630	+5% above	660
51	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$126,770	$98,700	+28% above	70
52	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$125,130	$104,110	+20% above	610
53	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$125,050	$105,070	+19% above	N/A
54	Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$123,710	$84,290	+47% above	N/A
55	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$122,190	$102,320	+19% above	1,770
56	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$122,050	$93,790	+30% above	140
57	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$120,190	$102,440	+17% above	820
58	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$118,440	$115,160	+3% above	50
59	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$113,400	$98,920	+15% above	N/A
60	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$113,050	$100,580	+12% above	280
61	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$110,560	$105,850	+4% above	2,140
62	Statisticians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$109,570	$105,650	+4% above	70
63	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$108,810	$100,310	+8% above	70
64	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$107,830	$104,920	+3% above	960
65	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$106,060	$104,300	+2% above	520
66	Genetic Counselors Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$106,010	$100,040	+6% above	40
67	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$105,780	$107,310	1% below	260
68	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$104,610	$93,250	+12% above	80
69	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,580	$122,930	16% below	N/A
70	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,510	$95,480	+8% above	170
71	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$103,320	$78,620	+31% above	150
72	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$103,010	$102,040	+1% above	80
73	Speech-Language Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,760	$97,870	+5% above	690
74	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$102,430	$95,200	+8% above	80
75	Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,340	$80,340	+27% above	N/A
76	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,130	$100,330	+2% above	490
77	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,080	$96,980	+5% above	120
78	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,050	$102,760	1% below	1,260
79	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$101,880	$127,410	20% below	490
80	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$101,800	$102,740	1% below	2,290
81	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,510	$79,940	+27% above	130
82	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,380	$84,620	+20% above	130
83	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$101,270	$78,760	+29% above	3,570
84	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,100	$79,350	+27% above	70
85	Operations Research Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$101,070	$88,940	+14% above	660
86	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,070	$77,640	+30% above	N/A
87	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,910	$104,620	4% below	670
88	Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$100,550	$77,570	+30% above	50
89	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,470	$101,370	1% below	70
90	Communications Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$100,260	$78,580	+28% above	60
91	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$100,220	$100,840	1% below	920
92	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$100,190	$103,410	3% below	270
93	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$99,560	$78,210	+27% above	290
94	Registered Nurses Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,520	$97,550	+2% above	14,290
95	Management Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$99,480	$101,860	2% below	4,120
96	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,910	$98,100	+1% above	750
97	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$98,550	$96,660	+2% above	40
98	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,530	$96,590	+2% above	220
99	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$98,170	$80,250	+22% above	240
100	Labor Relations Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$97,390	$95,420	+2% above	280

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Delaware. The "Difference" column shows how Delaware pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

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Reviewed byWageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · June 3, 2026

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